From the 17th century, the peat from the raised bogs was used as fuel, initially only on the fringes and in manageable quantities. Mechanization in the 19th century expanded the possibilities of peat extraction, which was done on an industrial scale in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. A special railway was built in the Kendlmühlfilzen to transport peat. Remains of those can still be discovered today.

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